At 12:59 PM 2/9/2002 -0500, James R. Frysinger wrote: >Jim Elwell wrote: >.... > > Jim, you wrote a very thorough and educational response. I understand your > > comment now that the space is not required. > > Thank you! Perhaps I should post something to this effect on my web >pages, perhaps at the top of my page at > http://www.cofc.edu/~frysingj/neatplaces.htm >to help readers put the various documents into perspective.
I think it would be a great help. > I personally think that the only time a space could become an > issue is >if it causes confusion on the specified quantity. That is most likely to >happen with a quantity in liters where a lowercase ell (l) is used as >the unit symbol and no space is provided, causing that unit symbol to be >take as a one (1)..... Good reason to use the uppercase L for liter. Why are so many people resistant to that? Can anyone think of any other examples where the lack of a space would cause any confusion? > That's why I try to keep my perspective about the use of "weight" in >commerce where a physicist would use "mass". One must venture beyond the >ivied walls of academe and live in the real world to maintain >credibility with mortal humans. Bronze these two sentences and hang them on the wall!!!! Jim Elwell
